NZ Book Week and NZ Bookshop Day coming up!

There are heaps of (mostly free!) events planned all around the country (see links above) by Kiwi authors and indie bookshops. It’s a great time to pop into your local bookshop, post pics of your favourite NZ books, tell everyone about your favourite Kiwi authors, and generally celebrate the vibrant culture of books and reading we have here in Aotearoa. You can even create an event of your own!

Let us know what you have planned. Remember, if you’re putting on a spec ficcy event and need financial assistance, you can apply for some funding from us. We’re also really keen to help you spread the word. And of course we’ll be publishing the winning entries to our Spooky Bookshops competition. If you want to join the conversation online, you can follow NZ Book Week and NZ Bookshop Day on Facebook, or use hashtags #nzbookweek and #nzbookshopday.

SpecFicNZ Spotlight

I was one of those kids who got really excited in primary school when the teacher asked us to write a story in class. I would turn in 20 page missives when other students were rushing to throw together any old collection of words. Even then, magic and fantasy was …

Featured Works

Dunedin author, Kura Carpenter’s Debut novel The Kingfisher’s Debt is available on preorder until the 10th August 2018 via publisher IFWG. The title will be on sale in Australia, UK and New Zealand on 28 September 2018. The Kingfisher’s Debt is an Urban Fantasy set in Dunedin, New Zealand. Magic …